Head Ski Coach - Sparky Anderson

Sparky Anderson

Sparky Anderson

Head Alpine/Nordic Ski Coach

Athletics

Sparky Anderson has served as the head ski coach UAA since 2012. 

Anderson came as no stranger to UAA or collegiate ski racing, having coached the Seawolf Alpine squad in 2002, when UAA's Aurore de Maulmont won the NCAA title in the giant slalom. Prior to coming to Alaska, he was the head ski coach at Brown University in Rhode Island from 1996-2000.

Prior to rejoining the UAA coaching staff, Anderson worked as the program director for the Alyeska Ski Club in Girdwood for seven years.

A 1991 graduate of the University of Nevada, Anderson earned four letters in skiing with the Wolf Pack, serving as team captain his senior season.